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Chancay
Sign in to saveChancay is a small city located north of Lima. Its population is 63,378. The Chancay culture was a pre-Columbian archaeological culture, later part of the Inca Empire.
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- Locality
- Chancay
- Region
- Lima
- Country
- Perú
- Population
- 26,958
- Timezone
- America/Lima
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Chancay
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Castillo de Chancay.JPG
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera_de_Chancay.png
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo_de_Armas_de_Chancay.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Peru
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lima
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Huaral
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Chancay
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Domitila Aurora Dulanto De Balta
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 16 December 1562
- Settlement.pop_est_as_of
- 2015
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Lima Department
- Population
- 35466
- Elevation
- 58
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Capital of
- Chancay District
- Image
- Castillo de Chancay.JPG
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- Commons category
- Chancay
- postal code
- 15131
- P12749
- jazz
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Port of Chancay
- Economy
- Gallery
- See also
- References
Chancay is a small city located north of Lima. Its population is 63,378. The Chancay culture was a pre-Columbian archaeological culture, later part of the Inca Empire.
The small city is the site of the Chancay Mega-port, a deep water port built by China as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. The port began operations in November 2024, speeding shipment of resources from Peru to China.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chancay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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